Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women

Jan 26, 2005

1h 39m

★ 6.4

Overview

A woman, attended by two midwives, is giving birth in a small village in India. When the child's cry rings, the father bangs on a steel plate to attract the attention of all the villagers, ...

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Kalki

Tulip Joshi

Ramsharan

Sudhir Pandey

Sooraj

Sushant Singh

Rakesh

Pankaj Jha

Jagannath

Piyush Mishra

Raghu

Vinamra Pancharia

Shailesh

Deepak Kumar Bandhu

Brijesh

Sanjay Kumar

Mohan

Sanjeev Kumar

Kachra

Mukesh Bhhatt

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